Train-signal lamp.



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E. F. MOSES J. LANGE.

TRAIN SIGNAL LAMP.

(Application filed Slept. 3, 1901,) (No Model.)

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EDVARD FRANK MOSES, OF MOBERLY, MISSOURI, AND JOHN LANGE, OF LITOI-IFIELD, ILLINOIS.

TRAlN-SIGINAL LAIVIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 697,868, dated April 15, 1962.

Application ledSeptember 3,1901. Serial No. 74,232. (No model.)

To all whom it 71mg/ concern:

Be it known that we,EDWARD FRANK Mosns, residing in the city of Moberly, county of Randolph, and State of Missouri,and JOHN LANGE, residing at Litchfield, in the county of Montgomery,State of Illinois, citizens of the United States, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Train-Signal Lamps that are to be Used Principally in the Center of Top Deck of Caboose-Cupolas, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to lanterns, and particularly to that class designed for use in signaling trains and the like.

The object of the invention is to producea lantern in which the color of the light may be changed to suit particular requirements and by which various-colored signals maybe produced.

With the foregoing and other objects in View the invention consists in mechanism whereby the parts may be held in their adjusted positions andin which the elements of the combination will possess advantages in points of simplicity, efficiency, and durability,

' proving at the same time comparatively inexpensive.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this speciicatiomwherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in Which- 4 Figure 1 is a vienr in elevation of a lantern. Fig. 2 is a plan view with the top removed. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail view of a fragment of one of the cylinders.

In the drawings, 1 indicates the, lanterncasing, having holes in which conical proj ections 2 are secured, lenses 3 being securedin the outer ends of the conical projections. A cylinder 4 is connected to the casing by means of the Webs 5, which are separated to produce a Way 6. The cylinder is provided with a series of vertical slots 7, which terminate in a horizontal slot 8. An inner cylinder 9 is slidable in the cylinder 4 and has racks 10, in which are slidable the transparent plates 11, which are of different colors to produce different signals. One of the slides may be opaque in order that the light through one lens may be shut od. The inner cylinder has openings which registerwith the conical projections in order that the light from the lamp may reach the lenses and show therethrough. The lower web has a slot 12, and a plate 13 is secured to the cylinder 4 under the slot of the Web 5. i An operating-rod 14 is secured to the inner cylinder 9 for adjusting the position of the colored plates, the said rod being slidable vertically in the slots 7 and circumferentially in the slots S and 12 and in the Way 6. By this arrangement the rod is depressed until its angular end Where it connects to the inner cylinder is in line with the slot 8, when the inner cylinder may be pushed around to bring any of the colored plates in line with the conical projections. A slide 15 operates between the guides 16, attached to the cylinder 4, and a vertical guide 17 on the slide receives the rod 14. The rod has an angular end 18, which is engaged by a spring-catch 19, secured to the guide 17, so that when the rod is pushed up it is held elevated by the catch 18. A base 20 is provided, which carries the lamp 21.

The base is held in place by the-springcatch 23 engaging a pin 22 of the cylinder.

The construction, operation, and advantages Will, it is thought, be understood from the foregoing description, it being noted that various changes may be made in the proportions and details of construction for successfully carrying the invention into practice without departing from its scope.

Having fully described the invention, what We claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In alantern, a casing having conical projections, a cylinder therein having horizontal and vertical intersecting slots, Webs, one of which is slotted, connecting the casing and cylinders and forming a way, an inner cylinder having openings registering with the conical projections, racks thereon, transparent plates of varying colors in the racks, a rodhaving an end projectingthrough the slot of the first-named cylinder and joined to the inner cylinder and means for holding the rod elevated.

2. In alantern, acasing having conical projections, a cylinder therein having horizon- IOO tal and vertical intersecting slots, Webs, one the inner cylinder, a sliding plate, a guide of which is slotted, connecting the casing and thereon for the rod and means for holding lo cylinders and forming away, an inner cylinthe rod elevated substantially as described.

'der having openings registering With the EDWARD FRANK MOSES. 5 conical projections, racks thereon, transpar- JOHN LANGE.

ent plates of Varying colors in the racks, a Witnesses:

rod having an end .projecting through the H. A. WOOD,

slot of the rst-namedeylinder and joined to BEN. C. HUFER. 

